Examples: La Purisma Mission, California
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Definition:
Mission archaeology is the study of the Spanish colonial missions in the New World, between the 16th and 18th centuries AD.
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• La Purisma Mission
Historical Archaeology
Much research has been undertaken in the last couple of centuries of the world's history.
Investigations of the contact-point between explorers and explored, in time and in material culture.
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